Tuesday, November 1, 2011

DJ Equipment Speakers And Mixers.Starting Point

By Tiens Tianshi


Loudspeakers are, naturally, an incredibly critical portion of any DJ's set up, hence you'll want to carefully give some thought to your alternatives. And you will not find any lack of products. Online stores carry just about all the major brands and units, and you can often learn a great deal simply by researching the on-line descriptions. Naturally, should you have any friends who are DJs you will get lots of suggestions from them.

To begin with, there are two sorts of dj equipment speakers: active and passive. Active speakers have amplifiers built in, which means that all you need to do is deliver a signal from your mixer to each speaker. Needless to say, you have to adjust the speakers in advance of your event, and there is the issue of getting electrical power to each speaker resulting in extra cables run to where you position your speakers. Nevertheless a lot of DJs have a preference for this system as well as simplicity it offers.

Passive loudspeakers have no built in amp, therefore you have to have either an external amplifier or a powered mixer for you to feed your loudspeakers.

I favor passive speakers connected to an external amplifier. Though this is a topic of personal personal preference.

DJ Equipment Mixers are at the center of any DJ's setup. For the brand new DJ your choices could be a little bewildering, however they don't have to be. A mixer is merely that - a piece of equipment that allows you to combine two or more inputs into just one output which typically feeds your amplifier and then your speakers. It's a lot more that simply a "switcher" that enables you to select inputs, although at times that may be what it is used for. And it's a lot more than simply a volume control, although, yet again, it does that, too. However it does more.

DJ equipment mixers enable you to have all those terrific fades from one particular input to the other. Some mixers feature built-in effects so you're able to transform your sound in sensational ways. Most all mixers have EQ controls which allow you to shape the sound coming from the different channels by adjusting the bass, mid-range, and highs.

Another thing a mixer does for you is it lets you utilize a couple of headphones to listen to just one channel at any given time, or to listen to the whole mix. You'll find this to be particularly useful.

The DJ will not have to have some huge console mixer having 24 or more channels. Often four channels will sufficient. Stick with one of the top manufacturers and honestly learn to operate your DJ equipment mixer and you will be off to a superb start.




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